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Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)
(Second Session)
Geneva, 15 May – 16 June 2006
18 May 2006
Original: English
CNG4/1
CNG 4 STEERING GROUP
CNG 4 PROGRESS REPORT 1
1.
Organization of the CNG 4
Area Covered:
Red Sea area, area with extreme propagation conditions and other States
Administrations:
ARS, BHR, DJI, ERI, IRN, IRQ, KWT, LBN, OMA, QAT, SOM, UAE, SYR, YEM
Chairman:
Mr. T. Al-Awadhi (UAE)
Vice Chairman:
Mr. H. Abedian (IRN)
Vice Chairman:
Mr. S. Al-Nomani (OMA)
Planning Experts:
Mr. H. Abedian (IRN)
Mr. B. Murzabaev (OMA)
Mr. B. Zoubi (ASBU)
Mr. S. Al-Samnan (ARS)
Secretary:
Mr. B. Abou Chanab (BR)
According to the coordination needs, and in order to facilitate the work in CNG 4, CNG 4 is
divided into three Sub-CNGs as follows:
CNG 4 / 1
Administrations: ARS, OMA, BHR, UAE, IRN, IRQ, YEM, QAT, KWT
Chairman: Mr. Y. Al-Balushi (OMA)
CNG 4 / 2
Administrations: ARS, DJI, ERI, SOM, YEM
Chairman: Mr. Y. Al-Samnan (ARS)
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CNG 4 / 3
Administrations: LBN, IRQ, SYR
Chairman: Mr. M. Iskandar (SYR)
The Steering Group of CNG 4 is composed of:
The Chairman,
The Vice Chairmen,
The Chairmen of CNG 4 / 1, CNG 4 / 2 and CNG 4 / 3
If appropriate, Planning Experts may eventually join some meetings of the Steering Group.
The Steering Group of CNG 4 organized two meetings on the 18 of May 2006 and this
Document reports the issues that were clarified and discussed.
N.B. It has been noted in the first meeting of CNG 4 that some Administrations in this
CNG expressed their concern regarding the fact that coordination and negotiation may be required
with some Administrations that are not present in the Conference and are members of this
CNG. The Chairman of the CNG has raised this issue at the level of Committee 4 and the answer is
that the BR will be representing these Administrations in a way that is still to be defined.
All documents relating to the progress of work in CNG 4 can be found under:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/conferences/rrc/rrc-06/plan_process/CNG4/index.html
2.
Common working methods
2.1 Regular meetings:
In relation with the schedule and timing of the Plan iterations process as presented in
document DT/9 and discussed in Committee 4, the following global meetings will be
tentatively scheduled:
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Every Monday at 18:00, in view of reviewing the results and analyzing the
outcome of the week-end iteration
Every Wednesday at 18:00, in view of discussing the status of coordination
and negotiation and the preparation of submissions and declarations.
A confirmation about every next meeting will be decided as appropriate.
2.2 Role of the Sub-CNG’s and their interaction and relationships
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It has been agreed that in every Sub-CNG, bilateral and multilateral
negotiations will take place and that Sub-CNGs Chairmen will report
regularly to the Chairman on the progress of this process as well as on the
difficulties encountered, as appropriate.
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A “Weekly Negotiation Timetable” has been established for every Sub-CNG
with the view of organizing the negotiation and coordination process during
the days of the week. The Chairman of every Sub-CNG will coordinate the
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meeting schedule for every week following every iteration and then report
the table to the Chairman (see annexes 1, 2 and 3).
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A “Weekly CNG 4 Coordination Status Table” has been established and will
serve to ensure follow-up of the coordination status inside every Sub-CNG.
This table will be regularly updated after the input from the Chairmen of the
Sub-CNGs to the Chairman (see annex 4).
N.B – All tables presented in the above mentioned Annexes are intended to
become significant starting from Monday 22 may 2006, after the analysis of
the results of the first iteration. In addition, a set of new tables will be
established on a weekly basis after every iteration of the Plan.
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In case of some difficulties and/or problems encountered between two (or
more) Administrations in a given Sub-CNG, the procedure is as follows:
o The Chairman of the Sub-CNG together with the CNG’s planning experts
will assist the concerned Administrations and help them in finding an
agreement.
o If the problem persists, then the Chairman of the CNG will take part in
the process and try to help the concerned Administrations in finding an
agreement.
o It the problem persists, the CNG will (through the secretariat) request the
assistance of external experts and counselors from the BR, the CCPU
and/or Committee 4.
2.3 Negotiation and Coordination with Administrations from other CNGs
When an Administration from this CNG needs to coordinate with Administrations from
other CNGs, it may do so on a bilateral basis. However, if larger negotiation meetings are
required, the Chairman of the CNG will arrange for this with the Chairmen of other CNG’s.
In this regard, every Administration in the CNG will provide the Chairman of its SubCNG’s with the list of those Administrations with which coordination is required (and/or
expected). The collected lists will then be merged into a global list for the information of the
Chairman of the CNG.
3.
Issues relating to the tools to be used
After the presentation on the Planning Software, given by Mr. Manara from the BR on the
Second Meeting of the CNG 4, it became clear that the ITU Planning Software may be used during
bilateral and multilateral coordination and negotiation to implement “small” scale analysis and
“what –if” study cases.
The resources required by the software grow very rapidly as the “run exercise” involves
more Administrations. Therefore, it is suggested not to run big analysis on a single computer.
Instead, when such analysis is required, a “CNG run” must be organized (via the Chairman
and secretariat, see Item 4 for more details).
Some Administrations have their own planning software that may include some
supplementary features (like digital terrain maps, allowing to take the terrain profile into account).
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They may, of course, use such software during the process of bilateral negotiations in order to
refine the process.
However, it must be clear that, on one hand, any decision based on the results and outcome
of such software must be compared with the results given by the ITU software and that, on the other
hand, any modification or data produced via this software and intended as an input data to the next
iteration must be reflected in the ITU software and a validation must be carried on to ensure correct
data format.
As for the submission of data to the BR, the presentation given by Mr. Rackov from BR on
the Second Meeting of the CNG 4 has clarified the issue and it is now clear that Administrations
are responsible for submitting their input data for the consecutive iterations through the Web
Submission System.
4.
Issues relating to the organization of “CNG’s Runs”
The definition, rules and use of the “CNG Run”, as well as the procedure to be followed as
to when, how and why to initiate such run will be described in a separate document that is under
preparation and that will be available prior to the end of the first iteration.
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Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)
(Second Session)
Geneva, 15 May – 16 June 2006
Annex 1
CNG 4 – Sub CNG 4/1
(ARS, BHR, IRN, IRQ, KWT, OMA, QAT, UAE, YEM)
Chairman: Mr. Y. Al-Balushi (OMA)
Negotiations Time Table
22 – 28 May 2006
ADM
ARS
ARS
BHR
E1
IRN
D2
IRQ
D1
KWT
BHR
E1
IRN
IRQ
D1
B2
B2
E1
OMA
B1
OMA
C1
E1
C1
KWT
C2
B1
QAT
C1
B1
C2
D1
C1
UAE
B2
YEM
B1
B1
C1
B2
B2
C2
C2
QAT
UAE
B2
B1
D1
C1
B1
D2
Legend:
Date
Mon 22 may 2006
Tue 23 may 2006
Wed 24 may 2006
Thu 25 may 2006
Fri 26 may 2006
Full Day
A
B
C
D
E
Morning
A1
B1
C1
D1
E1
Evening
A2
B2
C2
D2
E2
YEM
B1
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Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)
(Second Session)
Geneva, 15 May – 16 June 2006
Annex 2
CNG 4 – Sub CNG 4/2
(ARS, DJI, ERI, SOM, YEM)
Chairman: Mr. S. Al-Samnan (ARS)
Negotiations Time Table
22 – 28 May 2006
ADM
ARS
ARS
DJI
D2
ERI
C2
SOM
E2
YEM
B1
DJI
D2
C1
B1
B2
ERI
C2
C1
B2
D2
SOM
E2
B1
B2
YEM
B1
B2
D2
C2
C2
Legend:
Date
Mon 22 may 2006
Tue 23 may 2006
Wed 24 may 2006
Thu 25 may 2006
Fri 26 may 2006
Full Day
A
B
C
D
E
Morning
A1
B1
C1
D1
E1
Evening
A2
B2
C2
D2
E2
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Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06)
(Second Session)
Geneva, 15 May – 16 June 2006
Annex 3
CNG 4 – Sub CNG 4/3
(LBN, IRQ, SYR)
Negotiations Time Table
22 – 28 May 2006
Chairman: Mr. M. Iskandar (SYR)
ADM
LBN
LBN
IRQ
SYR
IRQ
SYR
Legend:
Date
Mon 22 may 2006
Tue 23 may 2006
Wed 24 may 2006
Thu 25 may 2006
Fri 26 may 2006
Full Day
A
B
C
D
E
Morning
A1
B1
C1
D1
E1
Evening
A2
B2
C2
D2
E2
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Annex 4
CNG 4 Coordination and Negotiation Status Table – 22-28 May 2006
Adm
ARS
ARS
BHR
DJI
ERI
IRN
IRQ
KWT
LBN
OMA
QAT
SOM
UAE
SYR
YEM
BHR
DJI
ERI
IRN
IRQ
KWT
LBN
OMA
QAT
SOM
UAE
SYR
YEM
Legend: C = Coordination is needed
U = Coordination is undergoing
X (or blank)= No coordination required
A = Administrative declaration with All to All compatibility